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Chinese Loanwords in Food History of the English Language Milano ChangTiffany HuangChow mein 炒麵 Chow mein 炒麵 Etymology: Chinese (Cantonese) Date: 1898 1903 R. L. MCCARDELL Conv. of Chorus Girl 142 Chaw main is good, too. Thats chicken and ginger and mushrooms and bamboo sprouts and other stuff. Chow Mein Bread 炒麵麵包 Tofu 豆腐 Tofu 豆腐 Etymology: Japan (which itself derives from the Chinese dòufu) Date: 1771 1880 Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan VIII. 399 T?fu is made by pounding the soy beans after soaking in water. Tofu 豆腐 Won ton 餛飩 Won ton 餛飩 Etymology: Chinese (Cantonese) Date: 1934 1948 R. W. DANA Where to eat in New York 66 The theater and night-club performers drop in late for chicken egg foo yong, a won ton soup, squab, or Chinese steak. Longan 龍眼 Longan 龍眼 Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) Date: 1732 1732 S. BARON Descript. Tonqueen in Churchills Voy. III. 4 The fruit called Jean or Lungung (that is, Dragons eggs [sic]) by the Chinese. Lychee 荔枝 Lychee 荔枝 Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) Date: 1588 1588 PARKE tr. Mendozas Hist. China iii. 6 They haue a kinde of plummes that they doo call Lechias. (They have a kind of plumes that they do call lechias.) Different spelling- leechee, li-chee, lichi, li-chi, lychee Bok choy 白菜 Bok choy 白菜 Etymology：Chinese　(Cantonese ) Date: 1847 1847 R. FORTUNE Three Years Wanderings China xvi. 306 The celebrated ‘Pak-tsae’, or white cabbage of Shantung and Peking, is a very different plant. Dim sum　點心 Dim sum　點心 Etymology: Chinese (Cantonese) Date: 1948 1948 R. W. DANA Where to eat in N.Y. 75 Dim sum varies according to the season . Ginseng 人參 Ginseng 人參 Etymology: Chinese (Beijing) Date: 1654 1691 RAY Creation I. (1692) 195 The Cotton Trees..the Nisi, or Genseg; the Numerose Balsam, and Gum-trees. Hoisin 海鮮 Hoisin 海鮮 Etymology: Chinese (Cantonese) Date: 1968 1936 S. K. CHENG Shanghai Restaurant Chinese Cookery Bk. 14, 2 Teaspoonfuls Hoy Seen Jeung (Mixed Fruit Jam Sauce) Loquat